The Review

The Review is our quarterly, print literary journal. It contains poetry, fiction, and non-fiction written by veterans, service members, and military family members. To read it, just click the cover image below. (Scroll down for older editions.)

On the Cover: Prisoners by Steve Mumford

On the cover: Honor the Fallen,

screened print on handmade paper

by Patrick Sargent

United States Air Force, 1982-2002

On the Cover: Swimmer on a Hook (Helicopter #1)

Adam S. Taylor. U.S. Navy 1988-1997, U.S Army 1997-2012

On the cover: “After Ever”

by Rip Bodman United States Army, 1968-1970

On the cover: Standing Tall, Dennis Blagg, U.S. Army 1970-1972.

On the cover: A compilation of all of covers designed by Janis Albuquerque. Janis served in the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard from 1984-2008 and in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

On the cover: The Crossing, oil on paper, by Jules George

On the Cover:

A Carol for the Fallen

by former Army Sergeant Peter Damon

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On the cover:

Love Letters, from the Tour of Duty series of dioramas in miniature, 1/35 inch scale

by

Roberta “Bert” Leaverton

United States Army, 1978-2005

Volume 4; Number 3

Cover art: Patrol on top of the 6,000 feature, Kabul, Afghanistan by Matthew Cook

10th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment; The Rifles, British Army

Volume 4; Number 2.

Cover art: Twoface a photograph by Magdalena Green

United States Marine Corps 2008-2012

Volume 4; Number 1.

Cover Art: Abe and Garcia by Maximillian Uriarte

United States Marine Corps 2006-2010

Volume 3; Number 4: Summer

Cover art: Cigarette Break by Victor Juhasz

Cover art: Constancy by Jonathan Gherkin.

First Place winner of the 2015 Student Veterans of America juried art competition “Warpaint.”

Volume 3, Number 2; Winter 2015

Cover art by Christina Sanders

Volume 3, Number 1; Fall 2014

Cover art by Brett Lewis

Volume 2, Number 4; Summer 2014.

Cover art by Scottie Kersta-Wilson

Volume 2, Number 3; Spring 2014.

Cover photo is by U.S. Army veteran Bill Putnam

Volume 2, Number 2; Winter 2014

Cover image is Phao Binh by U.S. Army veteran Glenn Eure.

A Special Edition of O-Dark-Thirty featuring works by writers who attended the Summer 2013

Veterans Writing and Film-making Workshops at The George Washington University. Cover art by Janis Albuquerque.

Volume 2, Number 1; Fall 2013

Cover image by Janis Albuquerque from a photograph by Ron Capps.

Volume 1, Number 4; Summer 2013

The mask on the cover was created by a U.S. Marine as part of an art therapy program at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Cover design by Janis Albuquerque.

Volume 1, Number 3; Spring 2013.

Our cover image is Morning Prep, a painting by U.S.Marine veteran Robert Bates.

Volume 1, Number 2; Winter 2013.

Our cover image is Cody, a painting by U.S. Army Iraq veteran Joe Olney.

O-Dark-Thirty is the literary journal of the Veterans Writing Project. The VWP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Washington, DC that provides no-cost writing seminars and workshops for veterans, service members, and military family members. Visit us at http://veteranswriting.org.